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and narrowed at the apex, on the basal three-fourths. Legs black ; 

 the fore femora broadly below, a mark on the middle near the apex, 

 the apex of the posterior, the greater part of the four front tibiae and 

 the outer side of the posterior pale yellow, the four front tarsi 

 fulvous. Wings hyaline, the apex infuscated, the nervures and 

 stigma black. Flagellum of antennae for the greater part 

 fulvous. $ . 



Length 7 mm. 



Cape Colony. Dunbrody, July. 



Vertex and upper part of front closely and strongly punctured ; 

 the lower part of the front aciculated ; the face and clypeus as 

 strongly, but not so closely punctured and covered with silvery 

 pubescence. Clypeus long, obliquely narrowed from above the 

 middle to the apex, which is sharp-pointed. Antennal keel large. 

 Mandibles rufous, black at the point. Thorax strongly and deeply 

 punctured ; the median segment more strongly than the rest ; the 

 mesonotum with two depressions. Metanotal area smooth, shining, 

 not furrowed in the centre. Abdomen strongly, closely and deeply 

 punctured ; pygidium of equal width and bearing some scattered 

 punctures ; the epipygium with a short, broad, rounded incision at 

 the apex. The third joint of antennae is, if anything, shorter than 

 the fourth. 



Cercebis ornativenteis, sp. nov. 



Black ; the second and following segments of the abdomen ferru- 

 ginous ; the sides above and the base below of the fourth, fifth and 

 sixth segments pale yellow ; all the coxae, the basal half of the first 

 and the whole of the second and third femora black, the four front 

 trochanters rufous, the posterior black ; antennae black, the basal 

 three joints entirely and the fourth and fifth below ferruginous; 

 wings uniformly fuscous-violaceous, the stigma and nervures black. 

 Apical half of clypeus, a broad mark on the lower half of the inner 

 orbits, roundly narrowed above and a mark below it, broader than 

 long. Mandibles black, the basal half yellowish. ? . 



Length 13 mm. 



Cape Colony. Dunbrody. 



Clypeus large, projecting, the apex transverse, the sides straight, 

 not narrowed towards the apex ; sparsely punctured ; the front and 

 vertex strongly and closely punctured. Mesonotum and scutellum 

 strongly punctured. Metanotum coarsely rugose ; the area coarsely, 

 transversely striated. Pleurae coarsely rugose, the base of metapleurae 

 with a broad striated band. First abdominal segment coarsely punc- 

 tured, the others smooth and shining ; pygidium large, very slightly 



